Appeal No. 1999-1676
Application No. 08/452,228
Claims 3-8:
According to the examiner (Answer, page 5):
Zhang et al. do not teach to place the cDNA encoding
the obese gene into a vector, transfect host cells with the
vector, and produce the encoded obese gene protein.
However, it is art-recognized to use recombinant methods to
produce large quantities of proteins for pharmaceutical
purposes, for example.
Martial et al. is an exemplary teaching for using
recombinant techniques to make large quantities of protein.
Martial, however, fails to make up for the deficiencies in Zhang as discussed,
supra. Accordingly, we reverse the rejection of claims 3-8 under
35 U.S.C. § 103, as being unpatentable over Zhang in view of Martial.
REVERSED
Sherman D. Winters )
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